Cupcake Carnival (Rcp# 0012)

This muffin is anything but ordinary. Beneath a common crust lie potentials unexpected. Another recipe that emerged from ‘Using Up the Flour’.

Ingredients for ‘Cupcake Carnival’

• 300 g amaranth flour
• 100 g buckwheat flour
• 100 g banana flour
• 165 g ‘butter’ (plant-based)
• 100 ml canola oil
• 6 teaspoons baking powder (flat)
• 100 g oatmeal (coarse)
• 2 teaspoons locust bean gum
• 3 teaspoons lime juice
• 100 g coconut sugar
• 3 tablespoons apple pulp
• 1 mashed overripe banana
• 1 tablespoon honey
• 1 knife point each of vanilla powder, dried ginger powder, cinnamon
• Pinch of salt
• 100 ml cold water

Baking Instructions for ‘Cupcake Carnival’

1. Combine banana puree, apple pulp, sugar, lime juice, honey, and spices in a large bowl. Add water. Stir well.
2. Mix all the flours and make two small holes in the pile of flour. Put the baking powder in one and the locust bean gum in the other. Mix well.
3. Gradually add the flour mix to the pulp and spice mixture. Knead until no liquid remains.
4. Add the butter (in flakes on the side of the bowl) and oil to the dough. Knead well until smooth.
5. Add oats and mix well.
6. Let stand in a cool place for 1 – 2 hours.
7. Spoon into greased muffin tins and bake at 175 degrees (pure convection with no extra top or bottom heat, medium height) for 40 minutes. Place parchment paper on top of muffins for 25 minutes, then remove for the remaining 15 minutes.

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Side notes:

• This cupcake works with both sweet and savory accompaniments. The perfect base for a cheese buffet with fruit, veggie sticks, bread, and dips or relishes.
• Please never use artificial vanilla flavoring. There are some serious downsides to those, including the risk of messing up an entire dish. I also never use vanilla sugar, even if the recipe calls for sweet and vanilla. You can usually buy ground real vanilla in small bags to try. They may seem pricey at first, but when you compare that to the percentage of real vanilla that is in your vanilla sugar (hopefully), you will find that it is actually quite fair. Also, there are huge differences between different types of vanilla. Find out and be amazed.
• Learn about the original creation of this recipe and other alternative flours: [Using Up the Flour]

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